{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://jones.house.gov/press-release/jones-calls-end-taxpayer-subsidies-wind-energy", "JONES CALLS FOR END TO TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES OF WIND ENERGY", "2013-11-21", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Walter Jones", "J000255", "jones.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and a bipartisan coalition of 52 representatives called for an end to the wind production tax credit (PTC) in 2013.\u00a0 In a letter to Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, Congressman Jones and his colleagues explained that the PTC \u201cis now more valuable than the price of the electricity the plants actually generate\u201d and costs the American taxpayers roughly\u00a06 billion dollars per year.\u00a0 Furthermore, there are significant concerns with wind energy\u2019s effects on military operations and aviation \u2013 particularly troubling given the location of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point \u2013 as well as concerns over potential health problems for individuals living in the vicinity of a wind turbine.\u00a0 The wind tax credit is currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2013, and Congressman Jones and his colleagues are advocating against extending it.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\u201cIt is long past time for the federal government to stop forcing American taxpayers to spend billions of dollars to prop up a now-mature energy source,\u201d said Congressman Jones.\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cCombined with my concerns about the effects of wind turbines on the military installations and residents of Eastern North Carolina, I fully support the expiration of the PTC at the end of this year.\u201d\nCongressman Jones is also a cosponsor of H.R. 259, the 2013 Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act (EFEPA), which would repeal a variety of taxpayer subsidies for energy activities, including wind, solar, oil, and gas.\u00a0 The bill has garnered support from the American Energy Alliance, Americans for Prosperity, Americans for Tax Reform, the Club for Growth, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, Freedom Action, Heritage Action, National Taxpayers Union, 60 Plus Association, and Taxpayers for Common Sense.\nThe full text of the letter to Chairman Camp is available at the link below.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://jones.house.gov/press-release/jones-calls-end-taxpayer-subsidies-wind-energy"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9258361533284187, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}